seems like this has been updated http://www.drstiffler.com/ce4.asp
On 26/10/2007, Esa Ruoho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is there any way we could arcihve everything that ron has said, in > unedited form, so that we can all keep up-to-date as regards what he says, > etc. it seems many are falling out of the loop now and becoming confused. im > sure some really organized person could do this well :) > > > On 25/10/2007, William Beaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > > > > William Beaty wrote: > > > > But Ron DID report that the lights go out if you ground the > > cage. And > > > > then there apparently was a bunch of flaming going on about whether > > a > > > > Faraday cage is still a shield if not grounded. > > > > > > He did? I sure missed that! (Wouldn't be the first time, for sure.) > > > My apologies, if that's the case. > > > > Maybe *I'm* delusional. I thought in an earlier message he mentioned > > that > > the pie tins had to be floating, and if they were connected to the main > > ground cable, the lights went out. Ron? Do the lights in video#7 go > > out > > if the proto-board's ground is connected to the pie tins, and then the > > big > > ground cable connects to the pie tins? With no ground cable going > > through > > any cracks in the aluminum? > > > > If the lights stay on when the pie tins are connected directly to the > > same > > ground cable that goes to the ground block under his bench, then THAT'S > > something VERY weird and inexplicable. > > > > > As I recall, the first video with the cage showed the light on, and > > > panned down to show a ground wire on the cage. I don't recall any > > point > > > where the light went out in that video. > > > > It cannot be just any source of ground. It has to be the same ground > > wire > > that leads under the bench, and it has to be connected to the end that > > goes to the proto board. Anything else opens up the way to forming a > > 1-turn loop antenna which can intercept RF. > > > > > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > > Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > > > > > > -- > ∞ -- ∞
